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A Martinez https://www.instagram.com/p/DAihlZCxZIR/ abonemartinez (A Martinez) ||||||| It was a perfect weekend. I’d scored a well-paying PR gig somewhere in Appalachia, and my partner for the trip was gonna be Drake Hogestyn. He was an actor I greatly admired, and even though we worked on the same studio lot in Burbank –– Drake on the legendary Days of Our Lives and me on the upstart Santa Barbara –– we’d never met. I expected we’d be comparing notes and telling stories about the fun and challenges of Daytime TV –– a particular kind of job that not too many people get to talk shop about. What I didn’t know was that Drake carried a serious history as a ball player –– having attended the University of South Florida on a baseball scholarship, been drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, and played professionally in the Yanks organization until an injury stopped him. His path was a path I had dreamed of, and his generosity in recounting the details of it was a treasure. The dude had the receipts. When we got to the venue and met the fans, he conducted a masterclass at how to light up a crowd. He was warm and quick and funny and cool and did one-armed pushups on the spot without warming up because someone dared him to. I watched and wondered at his ease, and it extended to the quieter moments in the autograph lines, when he offered himself genuinely to people. Drake was born to connect. We ended up living in the same town and watching our children dance together and grow up gracefully. (Drake and Victoria have created a wonderful family.) And finally, we got to work on DOOL together for a while. He’d become a full-on sage by then, and like many, I considered it an honor to be in his presence. We’d meet up in his dressing room to work on our scenes, but usually default to the roles we played on that first plane ride decades before: Drake would tell stories and I would listen. I wept today when I heard he’d crossed over. It’s the season of so many losses now for us OGs –– some seen coming, some like bolts from the blue. But losing Drake Hogestyn was a whole other level of shock. He was strong as a rock and an extraordinary human being. Warm wind forever at your back, brother.

This is the spoiler-pic thumbnail Peacock accidentally used for Mon. Sept. 30: I looked at the IG pages of the two actors being speculated for the character in the pic They both have similar hair, beard, mustache -- but I think the eyebrows are different between the two actors, and by the eyebrows I am guessing who is in the thumbnail. That being said, the eyebrows could be changed by DAYS hair-and-makeup for the character, in which case, I wouldn't know who is the man in the thumbnail.

Full twitter thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1840838823141388623.html Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote NEW: THREAD: A new ruling from Judge McBurney in Georgia overturning the abortion ban and allowing the procedure to continue has some REMARKABLE quotes. Let's take a look at just a few. 1/ "While the State’s interest in protecting “unborn” life is compelling, until that life can be sustained by the State -- and not solely by the woman compelled by the Act to do the State’s work -- the balance of rights favors the woman." 2/ "Women are not some piece of collectively owned community property the disposition of which is decided by majority vote. Forcing a woman to carry an unwanted, not-yet-viable fetus to term violates her constitutional rights to liberty and privacy, even taking into consideration whatever bundle of rights the not-yet-viable fetus may have." 3/ "For these women, the liberty of privacy means that they alone should choose whether they serve as human incubators for the five months leading up to viability. It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could -- or should -- force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another." 4/ "When someone other than the pregnant woman is able to sustain the fetus, then -- and only then -- should those other voices have a say in the discussion about the decisions the pregnant woman makes concerning her body and what is growing within it." 5/ "There is nothing so urgent or important to the State about the medical records of women who end pregnancies that the privacy rights of those women -- and the Fourth Amendment protections that attach to those rights -- can be bulldozed away by statutory enactment." 6/ "...liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices." 7/ "Accordingly, Section 4 of the LIFE Act is hereby DECLARED unconstitutional. The State and all its agents, to include any County, Municipal, or other local authority, are once again ENJOINED from seeking to enforce in any manner the LIFE Act’s PECAP termination ban in Georgia." END/ Here is the full ruling: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25178630/mcburney-sistersong-final-order.pdf

I wasn't watching that year, but I hear that Tom Casiello was the DAYS breakdown writer for John Black's 2007 death storyline?

Yeah There were a couple of episodes several years ago, when Aiden was 8 years old (yes eight), when Elizabeth suspected that Aiden might possibly be gay. She asked Lucas for advice on how to make this feel normal for Aiden if he was indeed gay, so that he'd feel safe discussing it whenever he'd be ready. I think they discussed books for Elizabeth to read as a parent so that she could be a good ally. At that time, Lucas and Brad were still a happy couple. Elizabeth wanted Aiden to be around Lucas and Brad just being a normal happy couple, so that Aiden would see that this could be possible for him someday if he was indeed gay. Aiden wanted to go ice skating. Elizabeth and Lucas quietly arranged it so that Lucas and Brad would just be "coincidentally* at the ice rink (or frozen pond or whatever) skating .. at the same time that Elizabeth and Aiden would be there. This would give Aiden the opportunity to see Lucas and Brad naturally together. They set it up, and it did happen, and Lucas skated over to say hi. Lucky and Lucas are first cousins, as Luke and Bobbie were siblings. That makes Aiden and Lucas "first-cousins-once-removed" legally, which is still cousins for me. It was pretty clear from those scenes when Aiden was eight, that Elizabeth regarded Lucas to be her peer/mentor in how to be an ally, and as an older relative mentor for Aiden. When Aiden came out to Elizabeth when he was 13, (last year?) ... someone tweeted out those scenes from when he was eight, so I watched them then (last year).

THIS, THIS, THIS.

This is EVERYTHING!! Sit down, watch the whole 17 minutes of joy and lovingkindess, and breathe.

No that's not what Colton said. See my post here which clarifies: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/67543-rip-drake-hogestyn-john-black-days-of-our-lives/?do=findComment&comment=1961111

Christie Clark https://www.instagram.com/p/DAioiCPIx8a/ --------- (the IG post has lots of pics of Drake and Christie from her childhood into adulthood)

update there's no option to attach for me, and no notification of being over limit, when starting a new post. However, when I try to edit a post I recently made, I get the notification that I'm over limit -- so I see the notification only within the editing screen. When I click on the notification, it says I'm at 59 MB. And I rarely attach anything. Maybe it was video? oh yeah there were some promos a few years ago that I attached as files because the originals were geoblocked.

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I can't test it now because... Before (in the past week), with any post I made, even if not trying to attach anything, there'd be a warning that I was forbidden to attach due to being over limit, and when clicking on that warning, it would tell me how much I was over. Now that warning is gone, but the option to attach is completely missing from the posting screen. I can still insert an image or video hosted elsewhere via its URL, and I can still insert an "existing attachment" from any prior post because it's already hosted here. But there is currently (on my screen) no option to attach (upload) any new image from my device, and no way to see how much I'd already attached previously. So I cannot test to see if the new limit you set is enough.

The rumor about Drake taping in June 2024... was incorrect. Due to people listening hastily and summarizing incorrectly. from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ2s0LVWt_0 Colton Little was interviewed in June 2024, and said he had recently worked with Deidre. Colton said he liked working with both Deidre and Drake (in general) when asked about what actors he liked working with. But Colton never said he taped with Drake recently. Colton implied that he's working again now (now being June) but didn't say who he was working with now (in June). There was apparently a misunderstanding or assumption from fans who thought Drake taped in June, but Colton never said that.

Cady McClain is the artistic director of Axial Theatre in New York. Keith Hamilton Cobb stopped by! (AMC's Noah Keefer) https://www.instagram.com/p/DAcXL7PRM7Y/

Patrika Darbo video, sound on.... https://www.instagram.com/p/DAhlQVOP7Of/

Lauren Koslow has embedding disabled for her IG account, but here is the link to her IG post - click to see several pictures and a brief silent video in the snow https://www.instagram.com/p/DAhU3QeSk7k Text of LK's ig post: laurenkoslow Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Drake, We will miss you forever and a day . We -friends,cast mates , crew & loyal fans , anyone who crossed your path - were touched by your joyful & passionate zest for life. Your courage. Your compassion. We admired your deep respect for your craft . We appreciated your leadership during hectic times. We saw your fulfillment in your abounding love & devotion for your beautiful Victoria , your children & family . Our hero on and off screen , a man’s man, a woman’s friend, You lit up every space with your presence, your laughter , positivity, & undeniable beauty …. And of course , your unparalleled storytelling. You shared your grace, kind heart , professionalism & passion for your art with us all and we are all better for it Sharing the stage with you was an honor & delight . definitely some of my favorite scenes EVER … Lastly thank you for all the gardening advice, horse & dog stories, kids & grand baby chats and the best ,deep down the rabbit hole kind of conversations that will stay with me forever .❤️💔❤️💔🥰 Blessed to know you, my friend . #drakehogestyn #days

marybeth.evans With such a heavy heart, I can't really find the words today about the passing of this sweet, kind man. From the first day we met in the green room of Days of Our Lives in 1986, we were fast friends. Drake's love and devotion to his forever sweetheart Victoria, his children and grandchildren was one of his most endearing qualities. Such a good, honest man. We are all in shock of the news we received yesterday. @drakehogestyn you will remain in my heart always. Sending so much love to you.❤️#days

Hurricane Helene damage far inland, in the mountains of western North Carolina and in Tennessee

@Roman Martha posted about a recent scene with Drake but she meant within past few years. Not recent-recent. She was referring to a scene she had with Drake at Marlena's deathbed. (but of course Marlena didn't die then) This wasn't a John deathbed scene.

Greg Vaughan https://www.instagram.com/p/DAgyGk4xsn3/ His instagram is set up to disallow embedding. but it's important to read. He posted his final text message exchange with Drake (See the above-posted twitter copy, thanks to LibertyCity)